Thousand Trails Hershey

                           Above our site, a 30 amp full hookup. Date of stay9/9-9/23/12.
       Below, looking across the lake at the 50 amp site, the activities center, typical back in site. Bottom row,other sites, top of hill looking down, this is the 50 amp area, one small flock of the many geese. They are a problem, too many geese, many droppings.
     See our review of this park in our archives RV Parks PA of 4/2011. We enjoy this park and there is much to do in the area or just sit back and relax.When we came into the park it was almost full, then we were told all sites were booked. It was the start of the big Hershey RV Show. The next week the park did thin out a bit, but still at least 2/3's full. The stink bugs were overwhelming. Four weeks later and there are some still with us. They are a problem in central and eastern PA and other places. We could only get a 30amp site, but our power management system showed we were getting only 20 amps the first week when the park was full. The following week it went to 30 amps.

Outdoor World/Thousand Trails Circle M

Above is our site, down 3 sites from the last time we were here. Our date of stay was 9/23-10/14/12.

Below-Mini golf under cover, shuffle board with chip n putt behind it, indoor pool and water park. Next row, typical back in for mostly transients, sites along creek, water and  electric, laundry. Bottom, Sites on loosely laid out circles. Note the center photo if on the right your door in on the road side. These sites are smaller. The ugly storage center you see before the sites.
     See our blog for this RV Park in the archives under RV Parks PA, 6/2011. The cable didn't work the first 19 days we were there. Then it was "fixed". The laundry was good and clean, looked like new equipment. It looks like about 2/3's of the park are seasonal/permanent leaving only a third for transients. There at least 70 cabins for rent. The one rest room I checked out had a lot of graffiti in it. This was near one of the cabin loops. Draw you own conclusions.

 

On the road soon

     It has been 11 weeks since we have arrived in PA. We will be here for less then a weeks before heading south. We will be attending the Carriage rally in Myrtle Beach SC.  Carriage is the manufacture of our RV. After the rally we plan on spending a week in the Charleston area. Then on to Savannah GA for a week. After that we are going to another Carriage rally in ST Augustine FL. Hope to connect with some friends there who will be volunteering at Anastasia State Park. After that we plan on being in the Orlando area for about six to eight weeks.
      While in PA we have been poked and prodded by more doctors then we wanted. But the results are over all good. Nothing to bad. A few more check ups and we should be good to go, hopefully for another year till our next yearly checkup.
       While in PA we did get in some good family time. We also got to reconnect with some friends in PA. Not a whole lot of new adventures to report about, just good times with family and friends.  Sorry to those friends we didn't get to see. It was a very busy 10 weeks for us.

Thousand Trails/Outdoor World Timothy Lake

Park; Thousand Trails/Outdoor World Timothy Lake South, Timothy Lake Road RR6, East Stroudsburg PA, 18302

Date; 8/12/12-9/9/12            

Staff;  Very friendly and helpful staff.           

Price;  $0.00 for 3 weeks, then $29. For the 4^th week. Non members I believe it is $40. a night.
Site Description; We had a back in site on gravel/grass.  We backed up to a thick tree line on the upper section of the park.  We had full hook up with 50amp electric. The site was fairly level. Hook ups were good. There is a picnic table and fire ring. Not much privacy between sites in this section. We choose this section for satellite receptions. Other sections have trees and scrubs between sites, see photos. A total of 297 sites.
Big Rig friendly; Yes, very big friendly. The road off route 209 to the park, about 4 miles, is a little narrow, but no problem if you take your time.

Most of the time this is our neighborhood, no neighbors.

 Filling up for Labor Day

Amenities; Many amenities as usual at TT parks, pool, clubhouse, planned activities, etc.  There was a covered dish pig roast over Labor Day, free for all guests. Timothy Lake North has an indoor water park and outdoor pool. “North” is for small rv’s only. There are about 125 cabins for rent in the north section. North is where the lake is located.
Laundry; There is a very clean laundry in the club house, with 3 washers and dryers.
Phone/Wifi/TV; Our Verizon phone worked well with 3G, 3-4 bars most times. We did have a few days were we had trouble connecting to the internet. One of our neighbors had the same problem. I thought it was our computer, but it was the phone.  TV over the air was good, received all major networks. The park was installing a new Wi Fi system. Not sure through  if there is a charge, or if is up and running. They were installing some new antennas by the club house.
Dog friendly; YES,yes. Acres and acres to walk your dogs.
Night;  Very dark, little to no light at all.  Very quiet even over Labor Day when the park was full.
Book Exchange; Very tiny book exchange in the clubhouse
Typical back in

 Typical pull thur, at least 50 similar to this. Some with low hanging branches. Many are very long but a little narrow.

 Daily visiters.

Summary; This is a great park. Very clean and being well maintained. Sure it can have sum upgrades, but almost all parks can use a little upgrading. The only problem we encounter was our surge guard shut down twice during peak hours when the park was full. But it came back on in minutes. The small lake is supposed to have some good fishing, but we didn’t give it a try. The water park is a big bonus, with an indoor lazy river. The north campground is about a mile from the south section. Every day we had deer and a few geese walking through the park. In the lower section of the park about 30 sites are being used for storage. There are a few of these sites with 2 to up to 4 rvs on some of them. Some look like they have been there for a very long time. There are few restaurants and pizza shops starting about two miles from the resort. Five  miles from the park there are many more restaurants. Major grocery shopping is about five miles to a “Super Foodtown” .Large flea market across from food store. The park has several miles of paved roads for walking or biking.  Bonus; you are in the beautiful Pocono Mountains. Just on the border of Delaware Water Gap National Park. We will be back.